I've seen cabbies punched in the face, spat on, have beverages thrown at their face. What's sad is that trend appears to be either drunk people or couples where the gf/wife complained about something the driver did and the guy has to swipe his man card to make his woman happy.

Basically a by-reservation-only cab, usually used for longer-distance travel.

/You're in a JohnnyCab!

Aren't "car services" usually nice cars and not a 2000 Mercury?

/might have seen too many TV shows/movies with "car service"

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This isn't a limo service, it's a gypsy operation. The cars tend to be beaters bought used at wholesale auctions. Most of the cars are ex-police Ford Crown Vics with the occasional grandpa medicare sled, such as the this Mercury, thrown in the mix. The Mercury is really just a Crown Vic with slightly nicer rat-fur interior. New York cabbies/car services like the Crown Vic, and its Mercury and Lincoln derivatives because they are tough and easy/cheap to repair when something does break.

The Mercury is really just a Crown Vic with slightly nicer rat-fur interior.

D1vwife had a 01 Grand Marquis for a few years. (before she decided she likes Urban Assault Vehicles)

Right on the money, you are.

I drove a Grand Marquis for a number of years. It had leather seats, though. And when I got into an accident on the freeway the mechanic told me just replacing the front grill would cost more than the car was worth :(

The Mercury is really just a Crown Vic with slightly nicer rat-fur interior.

D1vwife had a 01 Grand Marquis for a few years. (before she decided she likes Urban Assault Vehicles)

Right on the money, you are.

I drove a Grand Marquis for a number of years. It had leather seats, though. And when I got into an accident on the freeway the mechanic told me just replacing the front grill would cost more than the car was worth :(

I will say this for that Grand Marquis she had...it was the second-fastest car I have ever ridden in.

D1vwife is a smoker, and she ran out of cigarettes on a return trip from Seward. She figured she would get some more at Summit Lake. No, even 10 years ago Summit Lake had turned into a non-smoking town. She took over the driving and that dinosaur practically flew the next 90 miles to Girdwood...